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Yep, I have an Optimate and religiously plugged it in every time it went in the garage. The connector for the Optimate sits just near the clutch slave cylinder behind the fairing.
When we had that warm spell I tried to start it. Not enough charge in the battery to turn it over. It had been on the Optimate all winter and showed "green". The dealer suggested I would need to switch off and on again to reset the charger and bring it up to full charge, which kind of goes against everything I thought an Otimate was supposed to do! I did it though, several times, to trigger charging cycles and it still could not turn it over.
That is when I decided to remove the battery, get it somewhere (much) warmer and recharge it. Put it back o the bike and it started fine. Next day went to disarm the alarm and it was completey dead. Terminal had come off - presumably the last straw for it was passing lots of current to start the engine. The point where the terminal shoudl join to the cable looks very burnt, which if it had broken half off it would do.
I am now on a hunt for a replacement (phoning dealer today when they open) or better still make up a replacement cable that is a little longer or has a better terminal arrangement.
Henry  |